In Reply to: Bali 1981 posted by pgta on Friday, 28. January 2005 at 07:47 Bali Time:
I arrived on the 19th December 1980 and I stayed for three weeks living in Losmans either in Kuta or Legian.Rp1500 per night including a banana or jam jaffle with tea for breakfast.The rate for AUS$ was about RP750.00
I spent New year's Eve was at the Rum Jungle disco and I remember riding my motor bike at about 11.20pm down Jalan Legian and the road was nearly empty!
If you didn't undestand the writen questions for the motor bike test the police woman would point to the correct mutiple choice answer on your test paper.
Kentucky Fried Chicken was already open next to the petrol station in Kuta and it had been opened for a while.
Night life was fairly quiet back then. The Bali Sand Bar in Jalan legian opened up sometime in 1981. It was located about 100 meters or so towards Bemo corner from the origional Sari Club. I never found out why the Bali Sand Bar closed as it used to be packed every night.